Myanmar's National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after she attended as an observer for opening of the ne...parliament to choose the first democratically elected government since the military took power in 1962 (Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun).

Myanmar's National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi leaves after she attended as an observer for opening of the ne...parliament to choose the first democratically elected government since the military took power in 1962 (Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun).

The Kleptocracy Initiative launched a public archive uncovering and mapping patronage networks in the world’s ‘kleptocracies’—countries where political leaders and their cronies use their positions and power to steal billions from government coffers. Within the one hundred initial profiles are many well-known names—former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin among them—along with dozens of others who rigged privatizations and government contracts for their personal benefit. Starting with Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, and Uzbekistan, the archive hopes to expand through open sourcing, exposing those pilfering state resources through systematic corruption in other nations.